Here I'm wondering if there's any curse on SUR as well. Today I notice a post in Baidu Forum saying that people saved by HII never win. Is it true?

I'd say false. Parvati played one of her two HIIs on Sandra HvV, and Sandra won.

I don't know any Survivor curses, but would love to for the fun of it!

Well in Sandra's case she was actually not saved by the HII because even without it she would not be eliminated in that episode. That post in Baidu Forum refers to the case when people would have been eliminated if they had not played the idol. For example, in S25 if Jonathan hadn't played the idol in "Not the Only Actor on This Island" episode, he'd have been eliminated (there were 5 votes going to him, while the eliminated contestant received 4 that night).

Only 5 people have been saved from a majority vote with the idol (Yau-Man, Amanda, Russell, Parvati, Penner) And from a tie vote (Tom, Jerri) My point is that having the HII barely guarantees anything and usually doesn't end up saving people.

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I know. Then go back to the Rob example. Rob used his Idol, he won. Next.

The idol curse excludes the case that the idol is flushed. Rob's idol was flushed actually.

The curse actually infers one thing: the idol can save you for a while, but cannot save you forever. If you set yourself into a situation that if you don't use the idol you'll be eliminated, then you'll never win.

For the seasons that have returning players that DO NOT make up at least half of the cast (so Guatemala, Redemption Island, South Pacific & Philippines), there is one returning player that makes it to Final Tribal Council. Stephenie, Rob, Coach, Michael.

For the seasons that have returning players that DO NOT make up at least half of the cast (so Guatemala, Redemption Island, South Pacific & Philippines), there is one returning player that makes it to Final Tribal Council. Stephenie, Rob, Coach, Michael.

Good one!

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